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Apparently, Stephen A. Smith (described by the Toronto Star’s Doug Smith as “a prominent ESPN analyst known for his loud delivery and over-the-top commentary”) called Raptors star Chris Bosh “soft,” and to assert his point compared the NBA’s 10th leading scorer (Bosh, that is) to … Manute Bol, a gentleman to be credited for his political work of behalf of change in Darfur but otherwise existed as a basketball sideshow, a fellow who never averaged more than 3.9 points a game.

Bosh, you’ll understand, bristled at the comparison.

“If you have respect for someone, you expect that same respect back,” Bosh said yesterday. “If you’re a classless person like that, I mean, I guess that shows how you are, what kind of person you really are. … I don’t have to prove anything to that guy, plain and simple. If that’s what he wants to do, that’s what he’s going to do. If that’s what makes him happy, to try to bring other people down, good for him.”

The Toronto chapter of the Stephen A. Haters Club has expanded. President and founder Rasho Nesterovic must be overjoyed.

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